Paper and magazine rack and baler



May 29, 1956 M. BELLAR 2,747,498

PAPER AND MAGAZINE RACK AND BALER Filed Nov. 27, 1953 I INVENTOR. gar/a 622m? 4 United States Patent Ofice 2,747,498 Patented May 29, 1956 PAPER AND MAGAZINE RACK AND BALER Menno Bellar, Fitchburg, Mass.

Application November 27, 1953, Serial No. 394,640

4 Claims. (Cl. 100-34) This invention relates to a new and improved newspaper, periodical, or magazine-holding rack in the form of a piece of furniture, in combination with means providing for baling the periodicals and tieing the same into neat bundles, and the principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of the nature described in which all baling and tieing means are completely concealed within the body of the article of furniture which appears in the nature of a case, chest, cabinet or the like.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of special means for holding balls of cord .or twine, guide means and holding means for the cord or twine, all of which are novel and are situated in the article of furniture in such a way as to be wholly concealed at all times and yet are so located, and the article of furniture is so constructed, as to render the device in readiness for tieing and baling the periodicals at any instant.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a device according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, with the cover removed, parts being broken away;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, part being broken away;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view showing a cord guide;

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation thereof;

Fig. 6 is a view in elevation of the cord guide but showing the same at a different angle;

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the cord holder;

Fig. 8 is a view in front elevation thereof;

Fig. 9 is a reduced plan view of the cover of the device; and

Fig. 10 is a section illustrating the trap door.

In carrying out the present invention, it is to be understood that any article of furniture in the nature of a cabinet, bookcase, seat or stool, or chest may be utilized and in this case the invention is disclosed as applied to a chest or cabinet-like member generally indicated at 10. This member is provided with a front 12, a continuous or solid rear member 14, and end members and 16. The front member 12 may be open as shown at 18 in Fig. 1 in order to provide a storage medium or bookcase, and this is provided with a bottom member 20 for that purpose.

The chest as described is provided with a removable top member 22 which is loosely positioned in place but may be provided with dowel or cleat positioning means so as to be easily placed in correct position, closing the top of the chest. Intermediate the height of the chest, there is provided a loose removable partition 24 normally resting horizontally on cleats such as those at 26. Fingerholds may be applied to this removable horizontal partition for removing the same and this is the member upon which the magazines, newspapers, or other periodicals rest when inserted into the described article of furniture through the top opening after removing the cover 22.

A part of the fioor member 29 is taken up by partitions indicated at 23 and 30, these partitions providing a pair of relatively small chambers at the rear of the device adjacent the wall 14, and these are utilized for containing balls of cord or thread indicated at 32 and 34.

Each ball of cord or thread may be provided with a guide means here indicated at 36 and 38, so that the yarn or thread 40 and 42 respectively may be guided upwardly past the edge of the horizontal partition 24 into the periodical storage compartment above the partition.

One side and one longitudinal member as at 15 and 14 are provided with a cut-away portion at the top edge thereof for containing the thread guides 44. This construction is best shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, wherein there is a recess or notch at 46 at the inner side of the top edge of the respective wall element, and this notch has a bottom surface 48 in which there is provided a vertical bored hole 59 which receives the guide 44.

The heads 52 of the guides 44 are arranged to rest upon the top surfaces of the respective walls, shown as 14 in Figs. 4 and 5, and the guide has a trans-verse hole therethrough at 54 for guiding the cord which in these figures is shown as 40.

The effect of the guides 44 is to hold the cords at the top of the box or cabinet, so that they are instantly avail able above the pile of periodicals resting on partition 24. At the same time, the thread or cord is easily pulled through the hole 54 which is arranged above the surface 48 of the notch and therefore the thread or cord is always instantly available and is easily pulled out when more is wanted.

Each of the guides 44 therefore holds its respective cord 40, 42 at adjacent sides of the chest, and the cord is then led transversely of the chest in the case of the cord 40 and longitudinally of the chest as to the cord 42, to the opposite wall member of the chest where it is normally held when not in use in the thread holder illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8.

Referring to Figs. 7 and 8, there is seen a relatively small notch 56 in the top edge of the member 16 and the same construction is provided in the top edge of the member 12. This accommodates a knot tied in the end of the cord if desired, but in any event the notch is substantially closed by a fiat plate 58 secured in position to cover the vertical interior aspect of the knot but not the horizontal portion thereof. Plate 58 is provided with a narrow slot 60 through which the cord is entered and this slot is preferably of a width to frictionally hold the cord without the necessity of tieing the knot in the end if it.

It will be seen that this construction provides a pair of cords 40 and 42, one of which is disposed upon the partition 24 transversely thereof and the other longitudinally thereof. In both cases, the cords are held at the tops of the wall members in position for instant use when it is desired to tie up a bundle of periodicals. It is merely necessary therefore to remove the end of the cord from the notch 60, draw out the cord to some extent and tie it to itself about the periodicals piled in the chest. When the bundle is tied, the cord is again drawn through the guides and the ends are again incorporated in the notches 60 in the plates 58. If it is necessary to tie a knot in the end of the cord to hold the cord by means of plate 58, this may be done, and the knot will be received in notch 56.

This invention also contemplates the use of guide lines 62 which may be drawn transversely and longitudinally on the top surface of member 24 (see Fig. 2) by which means magazines of different sizes may be accurately aligned and laid in neat piles if so desired by reference to lines defining a larger area than the periodicals being assembled. Furthermore, the cord guiding means 44 may take the form of a simple eye which may be easily inserted permanently in a notch 46, the eye being'below the top edge of the respective wall.

The cover 22 may be hinged if desired and it may contain a trap door 64 normally covering an opening 66 through which periodicals can be inserted Without opening cover 22. The latter forms a frame 68 on which the trap door 64 rests when the entire cover is swung up or removed. I 1

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. A storage rack and bale for periodicals comprising front, rear, and connecting side walls, a horizontal partition for supporting the periodicals, means for loosely holding the horizontal partition enclosed by said walls intermediate the top and bottom of the rack, a cord holder beneath the partition, a cord guide, one of said walls having a vertical bore removably receiving said cord guide, and means in a wall opposite said one wall forholding a cut end of cord, said last-named means including means forming a notch at the top of said wall and a solid plate secured in notch covering position at the interior side of said wall, and a loose cover closing 2. A device of the class described comprising an enclosure defined by a plane ,front wall, a plane rear wall, planar connecting side walls, and a loose cover, a partition within the walls and located horizontally above the bottom thereof, means to hold a pair of separate cord supplies below the partition, means providing a passage for the cords upwardly past the partition, each wall having a notch at its top edge at the inner surface thereof, said notches being concealed from the exterior of the walls, a cord guide in each of two of the notches in adjacent walls, each cord guide comprising a removable pin having a diametrical holeanda head on each pin, and a cord end holder in each of the two remaining adjacent walls, said cord end holders being concealed from the exterior of the device.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein said heads are larger than the respective notches and rest on the top edge of the respective wall to space the hole above the bottom of the 1 to receive the cord therein.

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